Geochronology and petrogeochemistry of Late Permian volcanic rocks in the B.Xiengnou area,Northwestern Laos: Petrogenesis and tectonic significance

The Nan Suture and Sukhothai Arc Terrane are products of the eastward subduction of the Paleotethyan Ocean during the Late Carboniferous to Triassic. However, their footprints in northwestern Laos are poorly constrained. New geochronological and geochemical data presented in this study demonstrate a Late Permian origin for the andesitic rocks in the B.Xiengnou area rather than Late Triassic. The breccia-bearing andesitic tuff in the B.On ultramafic complex yield a zircon U-Pb age of 260 ± 1.4 Ma, geochemically displaying a MORB-like signature. The andesitic tuff in the B.Kiophoulan-B.Houayhak belt gave the U-Pb age of 254 ± 1.3 Ma, with arc-like geochemical affinity. By combining geochronological and geochemical data from the Nan Suture and Sukhothai Arc Terrane, the authors suggest that the andesitic rocks in the B.On ultramafic complex formed in a back-arc basin background, which connected the Jinghong and Nan back-arc basin during the Permian; while the andesitic tuff in the B.Kiophoulan-B.Houayhak belt erupted in the Sukhothai continental arc setting.©2021 China Geology Editorial Office.     

Review of Mesozoic multiple magmatism and porphyry Cu–Mo (W) mineralization in the Yidun Arc,eastern Tibet Plateau

The Yidun Arc was formed in response to the westward subduction of Garze–Litang Ocean (a branch of Paleotethys) in the Late Triassic, where abundant porphyry Cu–Mo deposits (221–213 Ma) developed along the regional NW–SE sinistral faults and emplaced in the southern portion of the arc. The ore-related porphyries are mostly metaluminous or slightly peraluminous, belonging to shoshonitic high-potassium calc-alkaline I-type granites, with ε_Hf(t) values of −6.64 to +4.12. The ore-bearing magmas were probably derived from the partial melting of subduction-metasomatic-enriched mantle, with the contamination of underplated mafic materials. The Late Cretaceous (88–80 Ma) highly fractionated I-type granite belt and related porphyry Cu–Mo deposits and magmatic-hydrothermal Cu–Mo–W deposits occur along approximately N–S-trending faults in the Yidun Arc. This belt extended across the Yidun Arc and Garze–Litang suture zone to the north and across the Yangtze Craton to the south, intruding the Late Triassic porphyry belt. The ore-related porphyries are characterized by high silica and high total alkalis, with enrichment in large ion lithophile elements (LILEs; Rb, U and K) and depletion in high field strength elements (HFSE; Nb, Ta, P and Ti) and Ba. They have lower ε_Hf(t) values varying from −9.55 to −2.75, and significant negative Eu anomalies, indicating that the ore-bearing porphyritic magmas originated from ancient middle-upper crust. Two-stage magmatism and mineralization were superimposed in the Xiangcheng-Shangri-La district. Some ore deposits comprise two episodes of magmatism and associated mineralization such as both 207 ± 3.0 Ma granodiorite and 82.1 ± 1.2 Ma monzogranite intruded in the Xiuwacu deposit, causing Cu–Mo–W polymetallic mineralization. To date, 11 Late Triassic porphyry Cu deposits (e.g. the Pulang giant deposit with 5.1 Mt Cu), and five Late Cretaceous porphyry Cu–Mo (W) deposits (e.g. Tongchanggou Mo deposit with 0.59 Mt Mo) have been evaluated in the Xiangcheng-Shangri-La district. The continuity and inheritance of multiphase magmatism and the new understanding of superimposed mineralization will help to guide future exploration.     

The Ordovician igneous rocks with high Sr/Y at the Tongshan porphyry copper deposit,satellite of the Duobaoshan deposit,and their metallogenic role

A strong link between high Sr/Y arc magmas and porphyry Cu–Mo–Au deposits has been recognized in recent years. The Tongshan and Duobaoshan deposits are representative large Cu–Mo–Au deposits in NE China. We report LA–ICP–MS zircon U–Pb crystallization age of 471.5 ± 1.3 Ma for Tongshan ore-related granitoid. Re–Os isotopic analyses of the two chalcopyrite samples from Tongshan deposit show a model age range of 470.2–477.1 Ma. The Duobaoshan and Tongshan ore-related granitoids show higher Sr/Y and La/Yb ratios. The δ³⁴S values of sulphides from the Duobaoshan and Tongshan deposits vary from −2.3‰ to 0.0‰, belonging to a magmatic-hydrothermal system. The Pb isotopic ratios of the sulphides from the Duobaoshan and Tongshan deposit range from 17.201 to 18.453 for ²⁰⁶Pb/²⁰⁴Pb, 15.445 to 15.551 for ²⁰⁷Pb/²⁰⁴Pb, and 36.974 to 37.999 for ²⁰⁸Pb/²⁰⁴Pb, indicating the addition of lower crustal material. The Duobaoshan and Tongshan granitoids were formed in a subduction-related continental arc setting, produced by partial melting of juvenile hydrous basalts underplating the deep continental crust during the Ordovician.     

Testing geomorphic signal of active normal faulting: The case of the Cittanova Fault (Calabria,southern Italy)

Extracting tectonic signals from the landscape is an important challenge for constraining the style and rate of deformation associated with active faults, especially where their displacement history cannot be independently determined. Based on previous paleoseismological data coupled with new geomorphological field work and ¹⁴C dating of geomorphic markers, we analysed the geomorphic signal of the along‐strike differential throw of the Cittanova Fault in southern Calabria (Italy), the recent activity of which is already well documented and constrained. Through DTM‐derived stream power law parameters (SL and χ), we provide evidence of drainage network disequilibrium and reorganization in response to fault growth and deformation style. Furthermore, a methodological test of the reliability of the χ metric as a proxy for the differential throw along the strike of active normal faults provided good preliminary results, consistent with a strong inverse linear correlation with fault throw. Copyright © 2018 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

声波测井相控圆弧阵及其辐射指向性

为了实现声波测井的周向分辨能力,提出了可应用于声波测井的、具有周向辐射指向性的相控圆弧阵声波辐射器方案.声波测井圆弧阵发射换能器由多个压电振子沿着圆周排列,通过控制各个振子的激励时间可以实现向某个方位方向的声波辐射.本文以自制的28阵元相控圆弧阵为例,理论和实验研究了相控圆弧阵的辐射指向性及其与阵元个数、声波频率等参数之间的关系.研究表明,在声波测井频率范围内,随着工作阵元个数和频率的增加,圆弧阵辐射声波的周向指向性增强,理论研究和实验研究取得了相一致的结果.与现有的声波测井单极子、偶极子和四极子声源相比,在井下采用相控圆弧阵作为声波辐射器可以真正实现方位声波测井,在各向异性地层评价、定向钻井和井间地层评价等石油工程中有良好的应用前景.     

Basin modeling meets rift analysis – A numerical modeling study from the Jeanne d'Arc basin,offshore Newfoundland,Canada

The Jeanne d'Arc basin, on the Grand Banks offshore Newfoundland, is a confined, failed-rift basin. Its initial development and burial history were controlled by crustal stretching and thinning. This study provides a detailed analysis of the heat flow-, tectonic subsidence-, stretching factor-, maturation- and temperature history, based on 44 1D models- and one full 4D (space and time) model.     

Spatial distribution, diversity and composition of bacterial communities in sub-seafloor fluids at a deep-sea hydrothermal field of the Suiyo Seamount

Spatial distribution, diversity, and composition of bacterial communities within the shallow sub-seafloor at the deep-sea hydrothermal field of the Suiyo Seamount, Izu-Bonin Arc, Western Pacific Ocean, were investigated. Fluids were sampled from four boreholes in this area. Each borehole was located near or away from active vents, the distance ranging 2–40 m from active vents. In addition, fluids discharging from a natural vent and ambient seawater were sampled in this area. We extracted DNA from each sample, amplified bacterial 16S rRNA genes by PCR, cloned the PCR products and sequenced. The total number of clones analyzed was 348. Most of the detected phylotypes were affiliated with the phylum Proteobacteria, of which the detection frequency in each clone library ranged from 84.6% to 100%. The bacterial community diversity and composition were different between hydrothermal fluids and seawater, between fluids from the boreholes and the vent, and even among fluids from each borehole. The relative abundances of the phylotypes related to Thiomicrospira, Methylobacterium and Sphingomonas were significantly different among fluids from each borehole. The phylotypes related to Thiomicrospira and Alcanivorax were detected in all of the boreholes and vent samples. Our findings provide insights into bacterial communities in the shallow sub-seafloor environments at active deep-sea hydrothermal vent fields.     

Petrologic evolution of Palau,a nascent island arc

Palau Islands, 7°30′N, are the only emergent feature on the more than 2500‐km‐long Kyushu–Palau Ridge. Small islands are mainly uplifted reef carbonate. Larger islands are volcanic with basalt to dacite and rare boninite. Polymict breccia is abundant: sills, flows, and dykes are common but pillows are rare. Palau Trench samples include all types found on the islands as well as high‐Mg basalt. Volcanism began in the late Eocene and ended by early Miocene. All igneous rocks comprise a low‐K primitive island arc‐tholeiite series. None are mid‐ocean ridge basalts. Rare earth elements and high field‐strength elements indicate a depleted mantle source. Elevated large ion lithophile elements and light rare earth elements indicate influx of ‘dehydration fluid’. Ce/Ce* and Eu/Eu* ratios show no evidence for recycling of arc‐derived clastics. Plate reconstructions and paleomagnetic data suggest that the arc probably formed on the trace of a transform fault that migrated northward and rotated clockwise up to 90°. Episodes of transtension caused upwelling of hot mantle into depleted mantle and sheared altered rocks of the transform. Episodes of transpression may have initiated subduction of old seafloor with a thin cover of pelagic sediments deposited far from terrigenous sediment sources.     

Arc/Info Workstation在GIS数据处理中的应用

对近年来GIS调查类项目的数据采集、数据转换等方面进行了论述,特别是在AutodeskCAD上进行数据采集,在Arc/Info上进行数据关联和数据转换进行了讨论。     

Arc Hydro水文数据模型

水文和水资源管理是地理信息系统的重要应用。ERSI联合得克萨斯大学的水资源研究中心(CRWR),在通用的面向对象地理数据模型Geodatabase的基础上,设计并开发了具有时间序列功能的水文数据模型———Arc Hydro,经过逐步改进,已经比较成熟,可以应用于实际项目。本文详细介绍了Arc Hydro的地理空间数据模型以及所带的工具集。